If you have spent the past month knocking back Kingfishers from the carcasses of coconuts while grinding the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Online Series at GGPoker, then there will be a funereal gloominess about you, today.
It’s over, for now.
While I am positive that this event will clone itself like a sea anemone, GGPoker continues to melt high roller hearts, WSOP or no WSOP.
The final event of the WSOPC created one of the most substantial prizes on the Internet this week. Of the 9,291-entrants who made the perilous journey through the misty mountains of Day 1 of the $1,000 buy-in, $5m GTD WSOPC Main Event, 1.494 made it through to Day 2, by which time the $9,291,000 prize pool dwarfed the $5m guarantee.
The winner hailed from Germany.
‘schimmelgodx’ collected $1,271,217.69 after beating ‘Biereux’ in heads-up action. Juan Pardo Dominguez went deeper than any other high roller, finishing fourth for $430,022.47, and these stars of the top strata followed him: Artur Martirosian (12th), Alexandros Kolonias (19th), Joao Vieira (31st), and Daniel Dvoress (32nd).
Here are the results
Results
- schimmelgodx – $1,271,217.69
- Biereux – $885,746.81
- Igutu – $617,164.03
- Juan Pardo Dominguez – $430,022.47
- TepuseenFD – $299,627.33
- CoRoNaTi – $208,771.57
- MaillouL – $145,466.38
- wy77 – $101,356.30
Before, during and after this magnificent moment, GGPoker kept churning out the high roller action like London horizons churn out cumulus.
Isaac Haxton took down the most significant chunk of change, topping a 60-entrant field in a $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $456,764.45, after beating Linus Loeliger, heads-up. There were also wins for Matthias Eibinger at the $10,000 level, and victories for Dario Sammartino, Laurynas Levinskas, Alex Foxen, Adrian Mateos, Jake Schindler, Mikita Badziakouski, and Kristen Bicknell at the $5,000 level. Andras Nemeth won the only high buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha event, taking down a $5,000.
Here are the Results:
$25,000 No Limit Hold’em
60-entrants
Results
- Isaac Haxton – $456,764.45
- Linus Loeliger – $287,450.12
- Deepdarkwood – $217,470.47
- Sub-Zero – $164,527.25
- Alexandros Kolonias – $124,473.13
- Ali Imsirovic – $94,170.11
- Artur Martirosian – $71,244.43
- George Wolff – $53,900.04
$10,000 No Limit Hold’em
84-entrants
Results
- Matthias Eibinger – $198,735.16
- Dario Sammartino – $151,387.06
- pDNA – $115,319.62
- Linus Loeliger – $87,845.13
- Jake Schindler – $66,916.34
- Nator – $50,973.72
- Isaac Baron – $38,829.45
- Timothy Adams – $29,578.46
- George Wolff – $26,767.56
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
38-entrants
Results
- Andras Nemeth – $76,998.40
- Andreas Torbergsen – $45,494.62
- coronita – $28,636.32
- Magicmaster69 – $18,024.96
- 20BigWhale20 – $11,345.70
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em
112-entrants
Results
- Dario Sammartino – $121,843.29
- Samuel Vousden – $91,774.30
- Alex Foxen – $69,080.73
- Pascal Hartmann – $52,015.71
- Matthias Eibinger – $39,166.26
- Alexnadros Kolonias – $29,490.99
- Timothy Adams – $22,205.83
- cliffbooth – $16,720.33
- Trashdawg – $14,748.26
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em
58-entrants
Results
- Laurynas Levinskas – $95,443.37
- Trashdawg – $58,329.65
- David Peters – $42,108.05
- Jake Schindler – $30,397.70
- Kristen Bicknell – $21,944.04
- Pascal Hartmann – $15,841.36
- Jonathan Van Fleet – $11,435.83
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em
22-entrants
Results
- Alex Foxen – $54,601.25
- Tonythetiger – $33,029.35
- Ali Imsirovic – $16,869.39
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em
67-entrants
Results
- Adrian Mateos – $68,710.30*
- Nick Petrangelo – $77,308.85*
- Luuk Gieles – $45,737.48
- Dan Smith – $35,761.27
- Sam Greenwood – $27,961.06
- HogFish333 – $21,862.21
- George Wolff – $17,093.65
- Artur Martirosian – $13,365.19
- David Peters – $10,449.99
*Indicates a heads-up deal
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em
65-entrants
Results
- Jake Schindler – $95,936.10
- Adrian Mateos – $60,374.30
- Ali Imsirovic – $45,676.19
- Dan Smith – $34,556.31
- Porsche911sp – $26,143.59
- Sergi Reixach – $19,778.92
- BigWhale20 – $14,963.75
- Sam Greenwood – $11,320.84
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em
66-entrants
Results
- Mikita Badziakouski – $97,412.04
- Rui Ferreira – $61,303.13
- Vamossuerte – $46,378.90
- Adrian Mateos – $35,087.95
- Alexandros Kolonias – $26,545.80
- TheProfessional – $20,083.21
- Jake Schindler – $15,193.96
- Pascal Hartmann – $11,495.01
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em
44-entrants
Results
- TheProfessional – $89,156.02
- Jake Schindler – $52,677.99
- AndyAtTheBike – $33,157.85
- Pascal Hartmann – $20,871.01
- Fedor Holz – $13,137.13
$5,000 No Limit Hold’em
122-entrants
Results
- Kristen Bicknell – $88,387.40*
- Alex Foxen – $99,929.86*
- Isaac Baron – $108,820.35*
- Ami Barer – $55,909.17
- Michael Addamo – $42,529.38
- DanBiz – $32,351.51
- Dnegking – $24,609.33
- Adiemeerci – $18,719.99
- Andras Nemeth – $14,240.05
*Indicates a threeway deal
PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
The final day of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) saw Steve ‘Mr. Tim Caum’ O’Dwyer come close to winning his third title of the series.
O’Dwyer finished runner-up to the partypoker pro Joao ‘IneedMassari’ Simão in Event #120: $2,100 No Limit Hold’em Sunday Warm-Up Special Edition.
The event attracted 418-entrants, and the former PocketFives World #1 earned $150,546.78 for his victory. O’Dwyer collected $112,819.20 for his second-place finish.
O’Dwyer won a $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $521,598, and a $10,300 event for $241,956 – the first time he has earned SCOOP honours a year after winning a World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) title for the first time.